Dickson, Place, Murphy and Telesco Earn Patriot League Weekly Honors

Bucknell's David Dickson and Jackson Place, as well as Colgate's Conor Murphy and Lehigh's Tripp Telesco have earned Patriot League honors for March 26.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKDAVID DICKSON, BUCKNELL So., M, Greenwich, Conn.
Bucknell’s leading ball distributor was at it again in two road victories over No. 2 Cornell and 20th-ranked Albany. Trailing the Big Red 5-0 early in Tuesday’s game, Dickson dished to Thomas Flibotte and Sean Doyle that ignited a second-quarter rally. Then with 1:00 remaining Dickson set up Chase Bailey for the game-winner to lift the Bison to a thrilling 9-8 victory. In Saturday’s 18-12 win at Albany, Dickson scored three goals and dished four assists, with five of his seven points coming in a 14-goal second half. His third goal snapped a 12-all tie to put the Bison up for good, and he assisted on Bailey’s insurance tally less than three minutes later. Dickson’s 3.22 assist-per-game average is third in the nation.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKJACKSON PLACE, BUCKNELL Jr., D, Wayne, Pa.
Place was instrumental in Bucknell’s two road victories last week over the nation’s top two scoring offenses. The junior picked up five groundballs and logged a caused turnover as the Bison held Cornell, which entered the game leading the country averaging 15.2 goals per game, to just eight in a 9-8 victory. After the Big Red jumped out to a 5-0 lead, the defense regrouped and yielded three tallies over the last 40 minutes of the game. On Saturday Bucknell took on Albany’s second-ranked offense (14.5 gpg) and held it scoreless over the last 14:00 to come away with an 18-12 win. Place posted five groundballs and two caused turnovers in that contest to finish with 11 and three, respectively, on the week.

GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEKCONOR MURPHY, COLGATE Jr., GK, Wilmington, Mass.
Murphy won his fourth straight game and yielded his lowest goal total of the season in Colgate’s 11-3 victory over Navy in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic Saturday in Baltimore. The junior stopped 10 of the Mids’ 13 shots on goal to post a .769 save percentage. Since moving into the starting lineup five games ago, Murphy is allowing just six goals per game. His goals-against average is down to 6.91 and his save percentage is up to .570 on the season.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEKTRIPP TELESCO, LEHIGH Fr., D, Ridgewood, N.J.
Telesco has stepped into a primary role on the Lehigh defense, which allowed just 11 goals in two games last week. He picked up two groundballs in Wednesday’s 6-4 loss to Massachusetts, and grabbed another three with a caused turnover as the Mountain Hawks rebounded by stifling Holy Cross 8-5 Saturday in Worcester. Against the Minutemen Telesco transitioned between long pole and the back line and held UMass’ Connor Mooney without a point. In Saturday’s League showdown with the Crusaders, the freshman from Ridgewood, N.J., marked Holy Cross’ Clay Haarman, the team’s leading scorer, and held him to a single goal.

HONORABLE MENTIONSJOHN GLESENER, ARMY So., A, Camillus, N.Y.
Had a banner day with a career-high eight points while tying career bests with four goals and four assists in the Black Knights’ 15-6 win Saturday over Lafayette. Five of his eight shots were on goal.

JIMBO D’APRILE, ARMY So., LSM, Smithtown, N.Y.
Turned in finest defensive showing of the season with four groundballs and three caused turnovers in Army’s 15-6 win Saturday over Lafayette.

THOMAS FLIBOTTE, BUCKNELL Fr., M, Cohasset, Mass.
Logged six goals and four ground balls in two victories for Bucknell. Scored four times Saturday against Albany.

RYAN WALSH, COLGATE So., A, Wantagh, N.Y.
The 6-foot-4 sophomore tied a career high with seven points and matched his season best with four goals in Saturday’s 11-3 win over Navy. Was named the Player of the Game in the first contest of the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

DAVID DiMARIA, LEHIGH Sr., A, Dix Hills, N.Y.
Netted a hat trick Saturday in the 8-5 win over Holy Cross and finished the week with four goals and five points.

MATT POILLON, LEHIGH So., GK, Mount Sinai, N.Y.
Went 1-1 with a .633 save percentage and a 5.50 GAA. His 13-save performance against UMass Wednesday was his third straight double-digit outing of the season.